Hometown Rankin - December 2015 & January 2016
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The CHALKBOARD<br />
pearl public school district<br />
ECEC Fall Fest Fun<br />
Fall is a favorite time of the year for the little Pirates at the<br />
Pearl Public School District’s Early Childhood Education Center.<br />
Following a study of fall’s changing leaves, creating scarecrows, and<br />
exploring the many uses of corn, students celebrated with a full<br />
day of hands-on activities during Fall Fest. Some of the activities<br />
included a cookie walk, mural painting, parachute toss, and corn<br />
sensory tubs. Among the volunteers were Pearl High School<br />
drama students who assisted with face painting, puppet theatre,<br />
and dress up fun. Arianna Nunnery (far left) and Destaniee<br />
Chenshaw (far right) are pictured with Viking maiden Keri<br />
Green and Princess Nevaeh Pennington.<br />
Three performances of this play were held in the William<br />
Dodson Performing Arts Center on the campus of Pearl High<br />
School on November 13. This special event was sponsored<br />
through an Enrichment from Experts Grant from the Pearl<br />
Educational Foundation for Excellence.<br />
Annual Farm Day<br />
Northside Enjoys<br />
New Stage Production<br />
Pearl Lower Elementary recently held its annual PTSO Farm<br />
Day. Students dressed in various farm attire and participated in<br />
numerous activities associated with living on a farm. From eating<br />
freshly roasted corn-on-the-cob and singing campfire songs to<br />
petting small farm animals and shearing shaving cream sheep,<br />
PLE kindergarten and first grade students had a “hoedown good<br />
time” pretending to be farmers for a day! Students in Mrs. Nicole<br />
Jones’ class learned how to plant vegetables with help from Scott’s<br />
Miracle-Gro representatives during Farm Day. Pictured clockwise<br />
are kindergarteners Benton Campbell, Gracie Brun, K’Mari<br />
Hicks, Peighton Graves, and Bailey Shack.<br />
Elementary students were treated to an in-school performance<br />
of Androcles and the Lion, a part of New Stage Theatre Arts-in-<br />
Education statewide touring program. This play cleverly combined<br />
two of Aesop’s famous fables: “Androcles and the Lion” and<br />
“The Lion and the Mouse.”<br />
Pictured with Mrs. Darah Peacock’s second grade class from<br />
Northside Elementary are Colin Baylot (Androcles), Briana<br />
Thomas (Mouse), Chris Ambrose (Lion), and Allison Heinz<br />
(Emperor/Narrator/Mother).<br />
110 • <strong>December</strong> <strong>2015</strong>/<strong>January</strong> <strong>2016</strong>
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